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Below is a family biography included in The History of Laclede County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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William Richey, a wide-awake, thorough-going tiller of the soil of Hooker Township, Laclede Co., Mo., was born in Union County, Ohio, in 1833, and is the son of James and Sarah (Newhouse) Richey, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. The father was born in 1798. The grandfather, William Richey, was a native of Scotland, and came to America with his parents. They located in Beaver County, Penn. William Richey was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and immigrated to Marietta, Ohio, in the year 1813. He was a farmer by occupation, and continued at this near Marietta until 1815, when he moved to Union County, Ohio. He was eighty-eight years of age at the time of his death. James Richey was also a farmer, and at an early day moved to Delaware County, Ohio, where he married and passed the remainder of his days. He died in 1885. He was a Whig in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. The mother was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1801, and grew to womanhood in Delaware County, where she married and lived until her death in 1881. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the mother of seven children, all now living: Newton, Martha, Nancy, William, Mary, Eura and James. William grew to manhood on the Sciota River, Ohio, and followed farming in Delaware County until he came to Laclede County, Mo., in 1882. He was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served eight months. He was at the battle of Perryville, Ky., and others. He was married August 20, 1861, to Miss Martha Newhouse, a native of Delaware County, Ohio, born April 14, 1844. This union resulted in the birth of eight children: Eliza (died in childhood), Robert, Alexander, Sarah, Ralph, Ada, Samuel and Mary. Mr. Richey is a Republican in his political views, is a member of the I. O. O. F., and a member of the United Brethren Church.

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This family biography is one of 104 biographies included in The History of Laclede County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Laclede County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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